‘Alien’: Aussie’s horror reaction after routine brow wax

An Aussie woman has taken to social media to warn others about a routine beauty treatment which landed her in hospital.

Routine beauty treatment gone wrong.

A woman was left with a massively swollen face after a brow wax landed her in hospital.

The beauty fan, Tamika Cleggett-Murphy, from Perth, Australia, suffered a severe allergic reaction after she discovered her eyebrows had been tinted without her knowledge.

Tamika Cleggett-Murphy suffered an allergic reaction. Picture: tcleggett

She thought she was getting a routine brow wax. Picture: tcleggett

Ms Cleggett-Murphy claimed that she knew she was allergic to eyebrow tint, so had requested her brows be simply waxed and coloured with pencil, The Sun reported.

However, at the end of the session, her eyebrows soon became irritated and she was stunned to find out that tint was applied without her consent.

Not only were her eyebrows incredibly red and sore, but her whole face was left swollen.

Posting the fail on social media she said: “Went in for a brow wax and they applied tint.

“I already knew I was allergic, unfortunately they didn’t advise they were tinting my eyebrows.

“I’m allergic to the tint - this video is to spread awareness to speak up about allergies and get patch tested first.

“This video is for awareness.”

Ms Cleggett-Murphy posted the video to raise awareness. Picture: tcleggett

She urged people to get tested. Picture.tcleggett

Ms Cleggett-Murphy said her face was totally swollen for five weeks.

“Because they waxed then tinted it made my reaction a lot worse,” she added.

The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @tcleggett, has clearly shocked many, and has been watched staggering 285,800 times.

Social media users were stunned at her reaction.

One person said: “OMG stop it. I’m so sorry for laughing. Are you ok now bestie?” to which Cleggett-Murphy explained “The only thing you can do is laugh it off - I’m good thank you.”

Another added: “OMG hope you’re ok.”

A third commented: “Wow that’s one hell of an allergic reaction.”

While someone else chimed in: “I hope you sue them.”

Some cruel viewers joked that she looked like an alien after the allergic reaction.

One user posted: “Take me to your leader.” alongside the alien emoji.

While another shared the alien emoji and noted: “She’s one of us.”

This article was originally published in The Sun and republished with permission.